Emergence, height, and yield of tall, NewHy, and green wheatgrass forage crops grown in saline root zones

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 863-875

  Steppuhn, H ^a   Asay, K H ^b  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop response to salinity; Green wheatgrass; NewHy; Salinity; Salt resistance; Salt tolerance; Tall wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FORAGE; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AGROPYRON; ELYMUS; ELYMUS HOFFMANNII; ELYMUS REPENS; LOPHOPYRUM ELONGATUM; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; THINOPYRUM PONTICUM;

EID: 31044440756     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P04-014     Document Type: Article

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